As part of our topic on habitats, Jeremiah Class took a trip on Tuesday to the Soane Centre. After a long walk in the sun from Our Lady and St Joseph’s, we arrived and were greeted by Theresa. We wrote down all the habitats we knew, and we knew many! Some included, rain forests, the ocean, the arctic, the desert and a meadow. Cape suggested a sewer as a habitat and Theresa was very impressed! Although it is man-made, a sewer is a habitat that supports a range of organisms. Armed with a clipboard, pencils and paper, we headed out to the woodland, where we recorded all the creepy crawlies that we could find. Karolina found loads of insects, including two species of lady birds. With our partners, we found worms, ants, bees, lady birds, earwigs and much more!
Then we continued onto the grassland habitat, where we got to use nets to investigate what organisms we could find there. We were surprised by the amount of flowers that were still around. The Autumn Crocuses were especially beautiful.
As the day came to a close, we investigated the pond by the Soane Centre. Once again, we used nets. Each of us had a go at dipping the net into the pond, making sure we carefully did a figure eight with our net, and deposited our findings in a tray. We found loads of larvae that we identified with a key that Theresa gave us. Brogan identified the main plant in the pond habitat: Duck Weed. We even found a few snails with algae all over their shells!
Although a bit tired, we made it back to school all in one piece, with a wealth of knowledge to use in our science lessons later on in the term. Well done Jeremiah class!
Miss Sunden
PS. Please leave comments about what you learnt and what you enjoyed the most!
